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{{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}}

{{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}}

Another way of expressing this concept is that "extraordinary achievements are attained by ordinary people."  [[Jesus]]'s enigmatic, repeated reference to himself as the "[[Son of Man]]" illustrates how great achievement comes from the ostensibly ordinary rather than esteemed experts.  Most [[prophet]]s were also ordinary men.<ref>In early February 2010, [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] implicitly endorsed the concept of the "best of the public" with this response to a question by a state college student:

Another way of expressing this concept is that "extraordinary achievements are attained by ordinary people."  [[Jesus]]'s enigmatic, repeated reference to himself as the "[[Son of Man]]" illustrates how great achievement comes from the ostensibly ordinary rather than esteemed experts.  Most [[prophet]]s were also ordinary men.<ref>In early February 2010, [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] implicitly endorsed the concept of the "best of the public" with this response to a question by a state college student:

{{cquote|I think there are smart kids a lot of places. ... [T]here is a bias. If you look at smart bloggers — or self-proclaimed smart bloggers — they referred to my clerks last year as TTT — 'third tier trash.' That's the attitude that you're up against.}} [http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/clarence_thomas_rejects_ttt_label_for_his_law_clerks.php]</ref>

{{cquote|I think there are smart kids a lot of places. ... [T]here is a bias. If you look at smart bloggers — or self-proclaimed smart bloggers — they referred to my clerks last year as TTT — 'third tier trash.' That's the attitude that you're up against.}} [http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/clarence_thomas_rejects_ttt_label_for_his_law_clerks.php]</ref> "Experts," on the other hand, frequently mislead the public and promote faulty ideas.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (April 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32071-tucker-on-the-smartest-people-in-the-world-why-are-they-wrong-on-everything Tucker on “The Smartest People in the World”: Why Are They Wrong on Everything?!] ''The New American''. Retrieved April 22, 2019.</ref>

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